By — Yasmeen Alamiri Yasmeen Alamiri By — Nick Schifrin Nick Schifrin Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-volkers-full-prepared-testimony-on-trump-ukraine-controversy Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Read former special envoy Volker’s full prepared testimony on Trump-Ukraine controversy Politics Oct 4, 2019 12:50 PM EST The former special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, on Thursday told House lawmakers about his work with Ukraine, stressing that “at no time was I aware of, or took part in an effort to urge Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden.” According to a copy of the testimony Volker gave to a closed-door meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and members of the Intelligence and Oversight Committees, released to PBS NewsHour by someone who had seen it, Volker said his role was “entirely focused on advancing U.S. foreign policy goals with respect to Ukraine.” Volker’s meeting with the committee lasted nearly 10 hours. Read his statement here: Read Volker’s full prepared testimony here. READ MORE: Read U.S. diplomats’ text messages discussing Trump’s Ukraine request By — Yasmeen Alamiri Yasmeen Alamiri Yasmeen Sami Alamiri is the Senior News Editor for the PBS NewsHour. By — Nick Schifrin Nick Schifrin Nick Schifrin is the foreign affairs and defense correspondent for PBS NewsHour, based in Washington, D.C. He leads NewsHour's foreign reporting and has created week-long, in-depth series for NewsHour from China, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Cuba, Mexico, and the Baltics. The PBS NewsHour series "Inside Putin's Russia" won a 2018 Peabody Award and the National Press Club's Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. In November 2020, Schifrin received the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Media Award for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs. @nickschifrin
The former special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, on Thursday told House lawmakers about his work with Ukraine, stressing that “at no time was I aware of, or took part in an effort to urge Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden.” According to a copy of the testimony Volker gave to a closed-door meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and members of the Intelligence and Oversight Committees, released to PBS NewsHour by someone who had seen it, Volker said his role was “entirely focused on advancing U.S. foreign policy goals with respect to Ukraine.” Volker’s meeting with the committee lasted nearly 10 hours. Read his statement here: Read Volker’s full prepared testimony here. READ MORE: Read U.S. diplomats’ text messages discussing Trump’s Ukraine request